Hey all, Just recently i've put in a gigabyte 6600gt agp 128mb and i've received the Nvidia pop up of "card is not receiving sufficient power" once or twice since i've installed the card its been a good month now; I leave my pc on 24/7 pretty much so i noticed this when i got back home, it hasn't popped up during gaming though (HL2, DOD:S, CS:S, QUAKE4, AOEIII, NFS:MW). I'm thinking of getting a Coolermaster Extreme 430W Silent priced at $60 @ msy.com.au where i always shop My Specs are:- P4 3.0ghz Northwood Asus P4P800 Deluxe 2 x 512MB DDR400 Samsung RAM PSU Omhi 350Watt (Rails - 12V 13A , -5V 25A) Leadtek Winfast Analog TV Tuner Creative SB Live 128 Soundcard Gigabyte 6600GT 128mb AGP Seagate 60Gig IDE 7200RPM WD 8M 80Gig IDE 7200RPM Seagate 8M 160Gig SATA Pioneer DVD-Rom Pioneer 109 DVD-RW 10mm Case Fan Future Plans (Overclocking 6600GT & P4 3Ghz with new cooling):- Zalman 7000B-Cu Zalman VF700 Seagate 8M 400Gig SATA 3 x 10mm Case Fan What do you guys suggest?
Your existing PSU is at the bottom limit to run any vid card that requires a power source along with all the other components in your computer. I found that out when I installed a Radeon 9700 Pro, 2 years ago. The new PS you are talking about should be large enough, but computers components now, have a requirement of more watts than turning on all of the lights in my house. LOL
Yikes! I just went to that msy.com.au website - dude that's harsh. I've seen friendlier catalogues... You need big watts, probably split-rail 12V would be good for you. Here are popular PS's for you to look at (Canadian and Australian dollars are almost identical): http://www.pccanada.com/inventory.asp?cat=POWER SUPPLIES I have had very good luck with OCZ ModStream units, and the trick looking cabling is top-quality too: http://www.ocztechnology.com/products/power_management/ocz_modstream_power_supply You will probably need more than $60 bucks for a good unit - remember that QUALITY of power is at least as important as quantity... L8R
